Easel-bracket.



No. 635,542. Patented Oct. 24,- I899.

L. HAYNE. I

EASEL BRACKET.

(Application filed Feb. 23, 1899.)

(No man.)

ATENT Prion.

LOUIS HAYNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EAS EL-BRACKET.

SFEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,542, dated October24, 1899.

Application filed February 23, 189 9. Serial No. 706,464. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LoUIs HAYNE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEasel-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved easelbracket which can beconveniently adjusted to any desired height on the easel-frame, so as toform a rigid support for the picture or other article placed thereon;and the invention consists in the combination, with the standard of aneasel-frame,of an easel-bracket consisting of a clip applied to saidstandard and provided with forwardly-extending ears, a bracket-armpivoted to said ears and provided at its outer ends with means forsupporting a picture and at its inner end with a segmental clamp adaptedto bind on the standard, and an inclined brace attached to thebracket-arm and adapted to engage the standard, and, furthermore, inproviding the standard of the easel-frame with socket-holes and soshaping the lower end of the said brace as that it will readily engagesaid socket-holes, as will be fully described hereinafter and finallypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective view aneasel with my improved brackets applied to the standards of the same.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved easel-bracket shown as appliedto a standard and drawn on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is an end elevation,partly in section, on line 3 3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection on line 4 4, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the clip of my improvedeasel-bracket, which is tightly applied to one of the front standards Bof the easel-frame, said clip being provided at its front part withforwardly-extending ears a a, to which is pivoted the bracket-arm C. Thearm 0 is preferably made of sheet metal twisted in a quarter-turn andformed at its front end in a circular loop L for supporting the rod Dtransversely to the standards of the easel-frame. The middle portion ofthe arm 0 is double and riveted together, its pivoted end adjacent tothe clip A being preferably bent at right angles to the middle portionand extended below the pivot, so as to form a segmental clamp O, whichbinds on the standard B of the easel-frame, so as to exert a clampingaction thereon. When the rod D is passed through the loop-shaped ends Lof two brackets applied to the two frontstandards of the easel and apicture placed in position on the arms 0, the weight of the pictureexerts, by means of the segmental clamps O, a clamping action on thefront standards 13, so that the brackets would be rigidly supportedthereon without further brace devices. For the purpose, however, ofpreventingthe bending of the pivoted bracket"- arms 0 and producing apositive interlocking of the bracket with the standards B of the easelan inclined brace E is used, which is riveted at its upper end to themiddle portion of the arm 0 and made in the shape of a pin 6 at thelower end, which takes into one of a number of socket-holes b, that arearranged in the front standards of the easel, as shown clearly in Fig.2. By the brace E the brackets can be attached at any suitable height onthe easel-frame and are able to support even the heaviest pictures, asthe twofold action of the clamp and brace retains the bracket inabsolute position on the easel-frame.

When it is desired to place the brackets and supporting-rod D higher orlower on the frame, the outer end of each bracket is moved in upwarddirection, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the clamp andbrace are detached from the standard of the easel-frame, after which thebracket can be readily moved higher or lower, so as to bring the sameinto the desired position. Then the outer end of the bracket is loweredand the brace placed in the corresponding socket-hole, after which thepicture can be replaced on the brackets.

The bracket is preferably made of sheetbrass and may be finished-insilver or nickel plating and forms a very neat and ornamental bracketfor easels of all kinds.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the standard of aneasel-frame, of an easel-bracket consisting of a clip applied to saidstandard and provided with forwardly extending cars, a

bracket arm pivoted to said ears and provided at its outer end withmeans for supporting a picture, and at its inner end with a segmentalclamp adapted to bind on the standard, and an inclined brace attached tothe bracket-arm and adapted to engage the standard, substantiaily as setforth.

2. The combination, with the standard of an easel-frame provided with anumber of socket-holes, of a clip applied thereto and provided withforwardly-extending ears, a bracket-arm extending from said ears andprovided at its outer end with means for sup

